Write a 1,750 to 2,100 word research paper analyzing a significant scientific
discovery that charted the course of Western civilization. In addition to a
description of the discovery and the people primarily responsible for it, include
the following information in the analysis:
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It has been said that the most conspicuous changes in American life in the 1840s and 1850s took place in the Northeast. What were these changes, and what impact did they have on the northwestern section of the nation?